Filipino senior citizens can now stretch their cash a tad further. A 250 peso meal, for example, at any restaurant would now cost them only P200. The signing into law of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 (ESCA), or Republic Act No. 994 will benefit some five million elderly Filipinos in the form of discounts on certain goods and services. The law will allow senior citizens to avail themselves... 

BY ROMMEL C. LONTAYAO Reporter, The Manila Times Less than five months before the elections, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd continued to lead other presidential candidates by a sizeable margin, pollster Pulse Asia reported Tuesday. Aquino of the Liberal Party was favored by 45 percent of the respondents in the nationwide pre-elections survey by Pulse Asia. Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr. of... 

Hundreds of thousands of people prayed for relief from natural disasters Saturday in a barefoot religious procession across the capital of the mainly Roman Catholic Philippines. The annual festival centers on a black icon of a cross-bearing Jesus Christ, which many Filipinos believe can perform miracles to cure the sick, drive away bad luck and bring prosperity. “They look like giant waves,” Senior... 

Two police officers from the Law Enforcement Department (LED) of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) died Monday afternoon after being shot by a bodyguard of Buluan Vice Mayor Datu Ismael “Toto” Mangudadatu. The Victims were identified as Cerifino Abadia, 60 and a certain Sgt. SPO4 Delphin Orinez who is a bodyguard of SBMA Director Jobo Magsaysay, both died at the James L. Gordon... 

SubicTimes the first and only independent news website in the Subic Bay area recently broke the 1 million hit mark, making its present felt in the online community in just 4 months. “The website went online around mid-July this year, it was actually July 16, our vision was to spread the news in the area and make the website a public information website,” SubicTimes Publisher David Bayarong and... 

Morong, Bataan: Government authorities together with volunteers released 180 baby turtles off the coast of barangay Nagbayayong this week. The release formed part of the annual Pawikan Festival in Morong, Bataan. Deputy Presidential Spokesman Lorelei Fajardo joined local officials, volunteers and residents  in releasing the baby turtles. The baby turtles came from the Bataan Pawikan Conservation Center... 

Filipina model Isabel Roces is named Asia’s “Person of the Year” by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a global animal rights organization. PETA said Roces, a vegetarian since elementary school is a granddaughter of wealthy publisher Don Joaquin “Chino” Roces. She was cited by PETA for her numerous contributions to their animal welfare campaigns. Other celebrities who... 

Subic Bay Freeport: Members of the Olongapo City-Subic Bay chapter of the Union of Journalists of the Philippines (UJP-OS) yesterday set lighted candles adrift on Subic Bay as a symbolic petition for justice for media colleagues slain in the infamous Maguindanao massacre last month. Calling for an end to impunity and demanding immediate justice for the massacre victims, the UJP-OS said that media... 

Subic Bay Freeport: The Local Court of Olongapo City has ordered the management of Legend International Resort Limited, which operates the Legenda Hotel and Casino to vacate the premises of the said hotel. Legenda management was given only 3 days to vacate the said hotel which was based on a writ of execution issued by the RTC that also ordered the LIRL to pay back rentals to the Subic Bay Metropolitan... 

Subic Bay Freeport: Some P130.7 million worth of fertilizer from Japan arrived in Subic recently which will make their way to provinces heavily affected by two recent typhoons in the country. A total of 120,000 bags of fertilizers or about 6,000 metric tons is the third delivery of fertilizer from Japan under a P253 million grant from the Japanese government arrived in Subic Port last November 12... 

Zambales: after setting back his plans in running as president, former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Hermogenes Ebdane has formally made his intention to run as Governor of the Province of Zambales. Ebdane will be challenging incumbent Governor Amor Deloso. Deloso welcomed the challenge saying that this will be a good fight. He further explained to Subic Times that he feels... 

Olongapo City Councilor John Carlos “JC” Delos Reyes formally filled his certificate of candidacy for his presidential bid at the office of the Commission on Election early afternoon Monday. Delos Reyes was with his vice presidential bet running mate Dominador Chipeco Jr. other senatorial candidates namely social scientist Rizalito David; lawyers Jo Aurea, Zosimo Paredes, and Adrian Sison;...